App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads with Almost Half in 2012

Re:App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads with Almost Half in 2012 by smackfu on Monday January 07, 2013 @10:33AM (#5021415)

So that's averaging 40 app downloads per account in 2012 alone. Higher than I would expect, but I guess a lot of people download a lot of free apps and then immediately delete them.

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Re:App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads with Almost Half in 2012 by FredFredrickson on Monday January 07, 2013 @11:30AM (#5021749)

How many were repeats (deleted from device, then re-downloaded later)? How many were updates to existing apps (or did they count those)?

These numbers are meant to impress people who know nothing about numbers, in my opinion.

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Re:App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads with Almost Half in 2012 by trendnet on Monday January 07, 2013 @11:34AM (#5021775)

"*40 billion unique downloads excluding re-downloads and updates."

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Re:App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads with Almost Half in 2012 by bdcravens on Monday January 07, 2013 @11:41AM (#5021810)

Reminds me of the channel stuffing that Samsung, Motorola, and others did to tout their tablets sales.

Also reminds me of articles that identify the dominance of Android 9 or 10 months after an iPhone has shipped (and when a flagship Android device has recently shipped).

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